Development Officer

My client is looking for a Development Officer to work across their East Midlands patch in securing new development opportunities. 

Job Details:

Support the Programme Delivery and New Business Teams to deliver high quality housing products across a range of tenures to meet a changing customer demand.

Appraise, negotiate and secure new development opportunities with low or managed risk, on good commercial terms, in line with corporate objectives for growth and investment.

Work as part of a team with the New Business Manager and Assistant Development Officer, to deliver a well-managed commercially driven business development service, from identification of development opportunities through to execution of construction contract/development agreement.

Be collaborative with all internal stakeholders to deliver new schemes which meet our corporate objectives.

Support the Assistant Development Officer/Graduate Partner in all aspects of their role, promoting and assisting developing them towards Development Officer standard.

To ascertain site and opportunity suitability. Review and offer upon new business opportunities on Proval that meet internal financial parameters and provide good quality, well designed homes, to meet local need/demand and reflect Futures requirements.

Manage the approval process with the New Business Manager to obtain approval in a timely manner, in line with policies and procedure requirements for new investment opportunities, property disposals and regeneration initiatives which meet corporate objectives.

Manage project budgets to deliver value for money in all aspects of development for the organisation including maintaining appropriate systems of financial control and reporting and submit timely claims for funding; Use of SDS Sequel to manage and monitor cashflow and programming.

Ensure projects remain viable, and deliverable in line with approved programme and milestones.

Provide a sound knowledge and understanding of pre contract development, demonstrate competence in review of legal documents and identify issues on schemes. Will be reviewing and agreeing Heads of Terms and Contract arrangements/documents and negotiating these to meet Futures requirements removing and mitigating risk.

Work collaboratively with the Programme Delivery and Procurement teams to manage selection of Contractors, be active in preparation of tender documents.

To provide a comprehensive handover of New Business projects to the Programme Delivery team, to a high auditable standard with internal approvals in place and adhered to.

Understanding of Homes England funding requirements and programmes including Strategic Partnership and confidence with ensuring audit compliance.

Help in the monitoring, preparation and submission of grant applications and claims; processing on Homes England IMS system as needed

Collate and communicate information about activities, actions or issues within the communities in which the Group operates to inform the actions of other teams.

Act as a point of contact for the Development & Investment team for general communications with current and future stakeholders